Vindula arsinoe
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Vindula arsinoe, the Eastern cruiser or just the cruiser, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. It ranges from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It is sexually dimorphic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Cruiser sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 46 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Cruiser in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Cruiser sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Eastern Cruiser sightings, Raja Ampat ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Daintree National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Eastern Cruiser that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Swamp Tiger Butterfly (about 30%), Godart's Map Butterfly (about 30%) and Durvillei's Tree Nymph (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Cruiser is recorded against all the insects logged in Raja Ampat (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
